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S V Syzranov1, L Radzihovsky1, V Gurarie1
1Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
Abstract:
Motivated by Weyl semimetals and weakly doped semiconductors, we study transport in a weakly disordered semiconductor with a power-law quasiparticle dispersion ξ_{k}∝k^{α}. We show, that in 2α dimensions short-correlated disorder experiences logarithmic renormalization from all energies in the band. We study the case of a general dimension d using a renormalization group, controlled by an ϵ=2α-d expansion. Above the critical dimensions, conduction exhibits a localization-delocalization phase transition or a sharp crossover (depending on the symmetries of the Hamiltonian) as a function of disorder strength. We utilize this analysis to compute the low-temperature conductivity in Weyl semimetals and weakly doped semiconductors near and below the critical disorder point.
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